--The
Western Sanitary Commission becomes interested in endeavoring to help
them--They propose to Miss Mann to go thither and establish a hospital,
distribute clothing and supplies to them, and instruct them as far as
possible--She consents--Perilous voyage--Her great and beneficent labors
at Helena--Extraordinary improvement in the condition of the freedmen--
She remains till August, 1863--Her heroism--Gratitude of the freedmen--
"You's light as a fedder, anyhow"--Return to St. Louis--Becomes the
teacher and manager of a colored asylum at Washington, D. C.--Her school
for colored children at Georgetown--Its superior character--It is, in
intention, a normal school--Miss Mann's sacrifices in continuing in that
position. 697-703

SARAH J. HAGAR.

A native of Illinois--Serves in the St. Louis Hospitals till August,
1863--Is sent to Vicksburg in the autumn of 1863, by the Western
Sanitary Commission, as teacher for the Freedmen's children--Her great
and successful labors--Is attacked in April, 1864, with malarial fever,
and dies May 3--Tribute to her character and work, from Mr. Marsh,
superintendent of Freedmen at Vicksburg. 704-706

MRS. JOSEPHINE R. GRIFFIN.

Her noble efforts--Her position at the commencement of the war--Her
interest in the condition of the Freedmen--Her attempts to overcome
their faults--Her success--Organization of schools--Finding employment
for them--Influx of Freedmen into the District of Columbia--Their
helpless condition--Mrs. Griffin attempts to find situations for them at
the North--Extensive correspondence--Her expeditions with companies of
them to the Northern cities--Necessities of the freedmen remaining in
the District in the Autumn of 1866--Mrs. Griffin's circular--The denial
of its truth by the Freedmen's Bureau--Their subsequent retraction--The
Congressional appropriation--Should have been put in Mrs. Griffin's
hands--She continues her labors. 707-709

MRS. M. M. HALLOWELL.

Condition of the loyal whites of the mountainous district of the South.
Their sufferings and persecutions--Cruelty of the Rebels--Contributions
for their aid in the north--Boston, New York, Philadelphia--Mrs.
Hallowell's efforts--She and her associates visit Nashville, Knoxville,
Huntsville and Chattanooga and distribute supplies to the families of
refugees--Peril of their journey--Repeated visit